Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro Hiking

6 Days Mount Kilimanjaro Hiking via Rongai Route Tanzania Adventures

$1523-1797 USD

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Safari summary

6 Days Mount Kilimanjaro Hiking via Rongai Route Tanzania Adventure is done on the north side of Mount Kilimanjaro and offers a variety of spectacular scenery and diverse plant and animal species experience. The typical duration of this trip is 6 days Rongai Route Kilimanjaro hike. The 6 Days Mount Kilimanjaro Hiking via Rongai Route Tanzania Adventure starts on the north side of the Mount Kilimanjaro, south of the Kenyan border, and is one of the less traveled routes with few hikers and not busy at all. 6 Days Mount Kilimanjaro Hiking via Rongai Route Tanzania Adventure merges with the Marangu route for the hike to the summit. The descent follows the Marangu Route on the southeast side of Mountain.

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About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Hiking \| trekking
	Activity level	Strenuous activity
	Best months	All months
	Countries	Tanzania
	Parks	Kilimanjaro

Fine details

Safari highlights

Hiking | trekking

What’s included?

Accommodation
Airport transfers
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Alcoholic beverages
All drinks
Hot air balloons
Internal flights
International flights
Laundry
Premium alcoholic beverages
Spa treatments
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Day 1: Moshi to Rongai gate

Kilimanjaro

Transfer in our vehicles through many villages and coffee plantations for a 2–3-hour drive to Rongai. After checking in and preparing porters, begin a 6-day Rongai trek on a broad trail that winds through corn and potato fields, then enter the Montana forest. You then begin a gentle but consistent walk through an attractive forest that is home to a variety of wildlife. The forest begins to unravel as you reach Simba Camp with fantastic views across the Kenyan plains.

Simba Campsite

Day 2: Simba Camp to Kikelewa Camp

Kilimanjaro

After an early breakfast, you will ascend steadily to the second cave of Kikelewa Camp, where you will stop for lunch. At this point you leave the direct path and cross the mosor on a smaller path to the Mawenzi side summit to Kikelewa camp in a sheltered valley. At Camp Kikelewa you will be content with your evening meal and your night's sleep.

Kikelewa Campsite

Day 3: Kikelewa camp to Mawenzi

Kilimanjaro

After breakfast, take a short, steep hike up grassy slopes; rewarded with a magnificent panoramic view, immersed in the vast nature of the area. Soon leave the bush behind and arrive at Mawenzi Tarn Camp, nestled in a spectacular cirque just below the soaring peaks of Mawenzi Peak. After this trek you will reach the Mawenzi Turn hut camp where you will also see the amazing undried lake with no entry or exit. You will have lunch and rest, then have dinner and spend the night in this camp.

Mawenzi Tarn Campsite

Day 4: Mawenzi Tarn hut to Kibo

Kilimanjaro

Elevation: 4330 m to 4695 m, Distance: 5km, Hiking Time: 5 hours, Habitat: Alpine Desert After an early breakfast, traverse the lunar saddle desert between Kibo Peak and Mawenzi Peak to Kibo Huts at the foot of the Kibo Crater Wall. You must spend the memory of the day resting and preparing for your trek to the summit.

Kibo Huts

Day 5: Kibo Huts camp to Uhuru Peak

Kilimanjaro

Then after 2 hours of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro true summit, Uhuru Peak here you will spend some times for taking photo’s but it will depend on how you feel. After your summit activities done, descend back to the Kibo Huts, have lunch, rest, collect your equipment, and continue on down, re-crossing the saddle to the Horombo Huts.

Horombo Huts

Day 6: Horombo Huts to Marangu Gate

Kilimanjaro

After a long and comfortable sleep, you will be woken up for breakfast and picked up to begin the descent through the moor to the Mandara Huts. Here you will have lunch and then continue your triumphant descent through the lush forest to the gate of Marangu Park. Here you check out and then a vehicle will take you back to the hotel where it is definitely time to present the certificate and celebrate departure!

Moshi

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